Indiana Man Arrested After Alleged IHOP Shooting, Crash
A 28-year-old Indiana man, Austen Wable, is accused of confronting an IHOP cook in Muncie over alleged infidelity, pointing a handgun at him and firing during a struggle with an employee who tried to intervene. Witnesses said Wable appeared heavily intoxicated and may have shot himself; he then allegedly chased the cook with a knife before leaving in an SUV. Police say he fled a traffic stop at speeds exceeding 110 mph, drove against traffic and crashed into a two-story brick house. Officers arrested him after he failed to follow commands and was tased. Wable faces six preliminary felony charges, including shooting into an inhabited building, intimidation with a deadly weapon, unlawfully carrying a handgun, resisting law enforcement with a vehicle and operating while intoxicated.







